Prevalence of herpesviridae and hepatitis virus sequences in the livers of patients with fulminant hepatitis of unknown etiology in Japan.

abstract：:Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis is the most frequent complication of ERCP. Several meta-analyses have examined the effects of protease inhibitors (gabexate mesilate, ulinastatin, and nafamostat mesilate) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on post-ERCP pancreatiti...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yuhara H,Ogawa M,Kawaguchi Y,Igarashi M,Shimosegawa T,Mine T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a few studies have longitudinally evaluated whether fatty pancreas increases the risk of type-2 diabetes (T2D), and their results were inconsistent. Fatty pancreas is closely linked to overweight and obesity, but previous studies did not exclude overweight or obese individuals. Therefore, in this cohort...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yamazaki H,Tauchi S,Wang J,Dohke M,Hanawa N,Kodama Y,Katanuma A,Saisho Y,Kamitani T,Fukuhara S,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abrogating tolerance is a critical step in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD). T cell-anergy is one of the main mechanisms of tolerance and is regulated by the gene related to anergy in lymphocytes (GRAIL). This study investigated the expressions and regulation of GRAIL in CD and murine colitis models....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Mukai A,Iijima H,Hiyama S,Fujii H,Shinzaki S,Inoue T,Shiraishi E,Kawai S,Araki M,Hayashi Y,Kondo J,Mizushima T,Kanto T,Egawa S,Nishida T,Tsujii M,Takehara T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo progression to malignancy is characterized by the switch to an angiogenic phenotype. The angiogenic switch is a critical control point for tumor expansion. The ability of a tumor to become neovascularized permits rapid expansion of tumor growth and increases the likelihood of metastases. The genetic alteration...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tanaka S,Sugimachi K,Yamashita Y,Shirabe K,Shimada M,Wands JR,Sugimachi K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several findings suggest that eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is strongly associated with atopy and allergen-driven, Th2-type immune responses, indicating the association of EoE with immune dysregulation. The objective of this study is to ascertain the molecular mechanism involved in EoE disease development a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Zafra MP,Cancelliere N,Rodríguez del Río P,Ruiz-García M,Estévez L,Andregnette V,Sánchez-García S,Fiandor A,Collantes E,Sastre J,Quirce S,Ibáñez MD,del Pozo V

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was treated successfully with an orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) followed by interferon therapy. The 36-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed as having liver cirrhosis in 1983. HCC was detected in 1991, and by 1994, ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shibata M,Yanaga K,Morizane T,Yanagawa T,Hirakawa M,Ueno Y,Esquivel CO,Mitamura K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonists have been reported on have an inhibitory effect on acute experimental pancreatitis, but their long-term administration is also reported to block pancreatic regeneration. We examined whether the short-term administration of KSG-504 (KSG), a synthetic CCK-A receptor antagonist,...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okumura Y,Inoue H,Fujiyama Y,Bamba T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is less frequently encountered, mesenteric vein occlusion poses as important a problem as mesenteric artery occlusion. The energy metabolism of intestinal tissue during venous occlusion and reperfusion was studied. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were studied in four groups of 17 animals each. Intestin...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kimura M,Kataoka M,Kuwabara Y,Sato A,Sugiura M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sclerosing cholangitis is very rare in Japan. The aim of the present study was to identify the characteristics of such patients in Japan. A questionnaire was sent to the members of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology and responses for 192 cases were analyzed. There was male predominancy (61%), and two pea...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Takikawa H,Manabe T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with longstanding extensive colitis, both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis, have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Because of this risk, colonoscopic surveillance for neoplasia is recommended by most authorities. Although there has been no randomised controlled trial to demonstrate surv...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Rutter MD

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EphA3, a member of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, plays important roles in tumor angiogenesis and progression. However, the function of EphA3 in solid tumors has not been widely studied. We aimed to explore EphA3 expression in gastric carcinoma and analyze its role as a potential prognostic factor. METH...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Xi HQ,Wu XS,Wei B,Chen L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection with Helicobacter pylori is the main risk factor for development of gastric cancer. CD44 overexpression, especially that of variant 9 (CD44v9), has also been implicated in the local inflammatory response and metaplasia-carcinoma sequence in human stomach. We recently identified miR-328 as one of th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishimoto T,Izumi D,Watanabe M,Yoshida N,Hidaka K,Miyake K,Sugihara H,Sawayama H,Imamura Y,Iwatsuki M,Iwagami S,Baba Y,Horlad H,Komohara Y,Takeya M,Baba H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the effect of hepatic reflow following ischemia on the remnant liver after hepatectomy with occluded hepatic blood inflow in dogs with obstructive jaundice. When 40% hepatectomy was performed with 10-min occlusion of hepatic blood inflow in dogs with obstructive jaundi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ogura Y,Takagi K,Kawarada Y,Mizumoto R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new triple therapy using a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics shows high efficiency against Helicobacter pylori infection. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal dose and duration of lansoprazole (LA) administration in combination with amoxicillin (AMPC) and metronidazole (MNZ). A total of 91 pati...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nishikawa K,Sugiyama T,Ishizuka J,Kudo T,Komatsu Y,Katagiri M,Sukegawa M,Kagaya H,Kudo M,Kato M,Takeda H,Toyota J,Asaka M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) has been established as a special type of chronic pancreatitis. It is characterized by its histopathological and immunological features. The morphological hallmarks are periductal infiltration by lymphocytes and plasma cells, granulocytic epithelial lesions with focal dest...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Klöppel G,Sipos B,Zamboni G,Kojima M,Morohoshi T

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is a rare cause of chronic pancreatitis. We here report a nationwide survey to clarify the epidemiological, genetic, and clinical features of HP in Japan. METHODS:Target subjects were patients with HP and their family members who had visited selected hospitals between 2005 and 2...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masamune A,Kikuta K,Hamada S,Nakano E,Kume K,Inui A,Shimizu T,Takeyama Y,Nio M,Shimosegawa T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowden's disease, multiple hamartoma syndrome, is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by multiple hamartomas of ectodermal, endodermal, and mesodermal origin and also by a high incidence of malignant tumors. Despite many efforts to identify the genetic alterations responsible for the syndrome, the molecular ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Suzuki T,Ichinose M,Matsubara Y,Yahagi N,Kurokawa K,Fukamachi H,Miki K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported the efficacy of indigo naturalis (IN) in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) in a randomized controlled trial (INDIGO study). However, few studies have been conducted to investigate whether IN is effective even in treatment-refractory cases, such as in those with steroid depende...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Naganuma M,Sugimoto S,Fukuda T,Mitsuyama K,Kobayashi T,Yoshimura N,Ohi H,Tanaka S,Andoh A,Ohmiya N,Saigusa K,Yamamoto T,Morohoshi Y,Ichikawa H,Matsuoka K,Hisamatsu T,Watanabe K,Mizuno S,Abe T,Suzuki Y,Kanai T,IN

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic surveillance of Barrett's esophagus has become a foundation of the management of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Surveillance for Barrett's esophagus commonly involves periodic upper endoscopy with biopsies of suspicious areas and random four-quadrant biopsies. However, targeted biopsies using narrow-band ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishihara R,Goda K,Oyama T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The dynamic change in gastric emptying on a minute-by-minute basis (gastric velocity) is evaluated by the 13C-octanoate breath test with deconvolution analysis. However, deconvolution is impractical, because it requires dual experiments to obtain 13CO2 excretion profiles following intraduodenal and oral admi...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sanaka M,Yamamoto T,Osaki Y,Kuyama Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination therapy of intravenous hepatitis B immunoglobulin (ivHBIG) and nucleos(t)ide (NA) analogues is the best post-liver transplantation (LT) prophylactic measure for hepatitis B virus (HBV). However, to reduce the long-term drawbacks of ivHBIG, we evaluated the efficacy of sequential entecavir (ETV) m...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yi NJ,Choi JY,Suh KS,Cho JY,Baik M,Hong G,Lee KW,Kim W,Kim YJ,Yoon JH,Lee HS,Kim DG

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the diagnosis of gallbladder tumor. Right extended hepatic lobectomy plus lymph node dissection of the hepatoduodenal ligament and left hepaticojejunostomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction was performed in July, 1993. The gallbladder tumor was histologically proven to...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Suganuma M,Marugami Y,Sakurai Y,Ochiai M,Hasegawa S,Imazu H,Matsubara T,Funabiki T,Kuroda M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I receptor (IGF-IR) signaling plays important parts in both the tumorigenicity and progression of digestive/gastrointestinal malignancies. In this study, we sought to test the effectiveness of a practical approach to blocking IGF-IR signaling using RNA interference d...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Wang Y,Adachi Y,Imsumran A,Yamamoto H,Piao W,Li H,Ii M,Arimura Y,Park MY,Kim D,Lee CT,Carbone DP,Imai K,Shinomura Y

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported the real-world changes in the etiologies of liver cirrhosis (LC) based on nationwide survey data and assessed the etiologies of LC with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Fifty-five participants from 68 institutions provided data on 23,637 patients with HCC-complicated LC. The chan...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Enomoto H,Ueno Y,Hiasa Y,Nishikawa H,Hige S,Takikawa Y,Taniai M,Ishikawa T,Yasui K,Takaki A,Takaguchi K,Ido A,Kurosaki M,Kanto T,Nishiguchi S,Japan Etiology of Liver Cirrhosis Study Group in the 54th Annual Meeting of JSH.

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nifedipine administration (10 mg) on esophageal acid exposure time was investigated in 11 non-reflux esophagitis (non-RE) patients and 11 grade C (Los Angeles classification) reflux esophagitis (RE) patients. In each subject, esophageal pH monitoring was performed, with the subject in the supine position...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Ishikawa H,Iwakiri K,Sugiura T,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) often recurs after surgical or medical treatment. METHODS:Eighty consecutive patients with HBV-positive cirrhosis and HCC who underwent potentially curative ablation for HCC were analyzed. Eleven patients received long-term interferon (IFN) th...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Someya T,Ikeda K,Saitoh S,Kobayashi M,Hosaka T,Sezaki H,Akuta N,Suzuki F,Suzuki Y,Arase Y,Kumada H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical utility of relative and absolute grading criteria for submucosal invasion in T1 colorectal carcinomas has been controversial. METHODS:In 51 T1 colorectal carcinomas, depth of submucosal invasion was graded either according to a modified Haggitt's classification (a relative criterion) or by dire...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Masaki T,Sugiyama M,Matsuoka H,Abe N,Izumisato Y,Goto A,Sakamoto A,Atomi Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the fundus of the gallbladder is reported. A 23-year-old man, who had been healthy and asymptomatic, visited our hospital because of abnormal findings in a liver enzyme test given during a routine health screening. Ultrasonography demonstrated a highly echogenic polypoid mass in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchiyama S,Imai S,Suzuki T,Arita A,Takeda K,Sujino H,Kameda H

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated the association between smoking and ultrasonographically diagnosed gallbladder (GB) disease, and their results were uncertain. This study was conducted to examine the association between smoking and drinking and GB diseases. METHODS:A total of 9,947 subjects (age, 30-69 years; ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okamoto M,Yamagata Z,Takeda Y,Yoda Y,Kobayashi K,Fujino MA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is caused by the accumulation of inherited and/or acquired alterations in specific genes. The recent decline in the cost of DNA sequencing has allowed tumor sequencing to be conducted on a large scale, which, in turn, has led to an unprecedented understanding of the genetic events that drive neoplasia. This und...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matthaei H,Semaan A,Hruban RH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00